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  • 1inertial navigation system — A self contained navigation system, comprising gyros, accelerometers, and a navigation computer, which automatically provides vehicle position, heading, velocity, and other navigational information in response to signals resulting from the… …

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  • 2Inertial frame of reference — In physics, an inertial frame of reference is a frame of reference which belongs to a set of frames in which physical laws hold in the same and simplest form. According to the first postulate of special relativity, all physical laws take their… …

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  • 3Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references …

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  • 4Inertial space — In physics, the expression inertial space refers to the background reference that is provided by the phenomenon of inertia.Inertia is opposition to change of velocity, that is: change of velocity with respect to the background, the background… …

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  • 5Inertial Upper Stage — The Inertial Upper Stage or IUS is a two stage solid fueled booster rocket developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force for the launching of large payloads from either a Titan III (later Titan IV) rocket or from the payload bay of the Space… …

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  • 6Inertial supercharging effect — The inertial supercharging effect is the result of incoming fuel/air charge developing momentum greater than intake stroke would generate alone. It is achieved by a combination of head/port configuration, and cam profile/valve timing.Two stroke… …

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  • 7Windkessel effect — is the term used in medicine to describe the recoiling effect of large arteries (Windkessel vessels). Windkessel in German means elastic reservoir . [Ganong M.D., William F. (2005): Review of Medical Physiology , Twenty Second Edition, page 587.… …

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  • 8Coriolis effect — For the psychophysical perception effect, see Coriolis effect (perception). Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law …

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  • 9Sagnac effect — The Sagnac effect (also called Sagnac Interference), named after French physicist Georges Sagnac, is a phenomenon encountered in interferometry that is elicited by rotation. The Sagnac effect manifests itself in a setup called ring interferometry …

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  • 10Non-inertial reference frame — A non inertial reference frame is a frame of reference that is under acceleration.[1] The laws of physics in such a frame do not take on their most simple form, as required by the theory of special relativity.[2][3] To explain the motion of… …

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